GOTKIN v. MILLER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Hansen, Mental Health Law Project, New York City (Bruce J. Ennis, New York Civil Liberties Union and Mental Health Law Project, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Maria L. Marcus, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., on the brief, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Alan D. Miller and Morton B. Wallach.

Melvyn B. Ruskin, Mineola, N. Y. (Lippe, Ruskin & Schlissel, P. C., Mineola, N. Y., on the brief, Michael L. Faltischek, Mineola, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Charles J. Rabiner.

Robert Conrad, New York City (Goldwater & Flynn, New York City, on the brief, George Kossoy, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Marvin Lipkowitz.

Steven J. Stein, New York City (Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, on the brief, Jacob Imberman, John L. Greenthal, New York City, of counsel), for Hospital Association of New York State, amicus curiae.

Before Hays and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and HOLDEN, District Judge.